How are countries responding to hantavirus?

• Countries are implementing six-week self-isolation protocols for travellers returning from hantavirus-exposed environments, specifically those who were aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship
• Hantavirus exposure is now a concern requiring public health responses across multiple jurisdictions (UK, US, and EU), indicating potential for international spread
• Clinicians should be alert to hantavirus in returning travellers presenting with symptoms within the six-week window and take appropriate infection control measures

The UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.

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